Coal Miner's Blues
Some blues are just blues, mine are the miner's blues
Some blues are just blues, mine are the miner's blues
My troubles are coming by threes and by twos
Blues and more blues, it's the coal black blues,... (x2)
Got coal in my hair, got coal in my shoes
These blues are so blue, they are the coal black blues,... (x2)
For my place will cave in, and my life I will lose
You say they are blues, these are the miner blues,... (x2)
Sometimes I forget to sharpen these picks that I use
I'm out with these blues, dirty coal black blues,... (x2)
We'll lay off tomorrow, with the coal black blues
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